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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22. 1025
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BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
And they shall be wine, sailh tha Lord of hosts, in that
daij when I make vp mtj jewels; end I will spare them, as a
man sparcth his own son that serveth him. Malachi S:1T,
The Cloth of Kings
The proposed linen mill will establish in Salem one of the
world's oldest arts and one of the most universal. The
earliest records of man speak of linen making, while the
tombs of the Fharoah's yield vestures of fine textures. The
bible is replete with references to this favorite fabric of
Jehovah, in which the angels were clad, while fine linen and
purple are depicted the garb of kings.
The Lord stipulated that a garment should not be shoddy,
mingled linen and wool, and prescribed linen for the ark of
the covenant, and for Aaron and the priesthood
"Linen breeches to cover their nakedness, from the loine even unto
the thighs they shall reach." "Coats of fine linen of woven
work, and a mitre of fine linen and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and
a girdle of fine twisted linen, and blue and purple and scarlet of
needlework."
Moses was commanded by Jehovah to use linen in the
tabernacle as well as the ark :
"Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted
linen, and blue and purple and scarlet: with cheruMms of cunning
work shalt thou make them."
When David "danced before the Lord, leaping and dancing
with all his might," he was "girded with a linen ephod."
Being rebuked by his wife Michel, Saul's daughter, for
making a holy spectacle of himself, David threw her over for
her hand-maidens. Then he proceeded to cultivate the
electorate with the ancient equivalent of the full dinner
bucket, distributing to everyone "a cake of bread, a good piece
of flesh and a flagon of wine," or as our prohibition friends
put it, a cake of raisins.
Solomon, the wholesale lover, who preached morality
between marriages, was fond of linen and had "linen yarn
brought out of Egypt" for beautification of Jerusalem, when
he made silver "to be as stones for abundance." He "loved
many strange women" having "700 wives, princesses, and
300 concubines "all of whom, presumably, as consorts of the
magnificent monarch, arrayed themselves in fine linen.
Linen even played a part in prophecy. John in his vision
of Revelations records:
"Seven angels came out of the temple, having seven plagues,
clothed In pure white linen, having their breast girded with golden
girdles, the bride of the lamb, arranged In fine linen,
clean and white, for fine linen Is the righteousness of saints.
The armies which were In heaven followed them upon white homes,
clothed In fine linen, white and clean."
Just before the Christian era the cultivation of flax for
fabric was extensive in Italy and was introduced by the
Romans into Flanders and Britain, though Ireland claims
priority after the Saxon conquest. In the late middle ages
diftaft spinning was universal, the yarns being woven into
every grade of linen cloth, beautifully embroidered and dyed
However tho real Irish linen trade dates from 1694 when
French Huguenot refugees established the Linen Manufac-
tury at Lisburn, near Belfast and brought over Dutch spin
ners, weavers and machinery. Ireland still produces one
third of the world's output.
In 1787 the first linen spinning machinery was installed in
England and three years later the first commercial plant
began operations in Scotland. It was not however until 1812
that the first fac'ory for weaving linen by power was estab
lished in London.
Xii 1620 the Mayflower pilgrims brought flax-seed and the I
distaft to America and the spinning wheel was a familiar
feature of every household in the colonies. Up to a century
ago most American farmers grew enough flax to supply their I
domestic needs, the spinning and weaving being done by I
members of the family.
In 1639 Massachusetts passed a law requiring every I
household to grow at least "one rodd of ground square to
flax" and Pennsylvania in 1673 provided a penalty for
farmers refusing to produce flax. By 1809 the industry had!
become important enough to be clamoring for a tariff, but I
the advent of the cotton gin and the increased manufacture
of cotton caiised its rapid decline.
Recent improvements in linen spinning machinery and a
revolution in processes of retting flax fibre, and manufactur
ing methods, the invention of flax pulling and other machin
ery, have now made it possible, by cheapening production, fori
linen to successfully compete with cotton in home markets,
and insure the success of the industry in Oregon,
As linen has been the cloth of kings and a synonym for
finery and luxury the world over, giving pleasure to the
esthetic, and therefore repugnant to true puritans, let us f
hope the establishment of the industry in the valley does not I
produce a systematic agitation (secretly financed by the!
cotton and wool trusts) among our good religious friends fori
the prohibition of its manufacture, sale and u.e, as a sinful
gratification of worldly vanity lest fax goes the wav
of hops.
We hope the time is far distant when linen will be placed I
in the same catagory as a device of the devil as our hook and
eye friends class the shiny and sinful button, though we
recognize our duty to uplift our fellow-men by removing
temptation, so that their narrow paths may be "as a shining
light, growing more and more unto the perfect day." But,
you never can tell. The Ku Klux Klnn may act to save their
cotton nightgowns.
TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
; HORIZONTAL
1. America (ob.)
S. Mount In in Washington
H. Narrates
. River in Italy
JO, Get up
1 1. To crush
12. Iiihly Gr. prefix)
14. It in til JCxotlltut (b.)
15. tint new
16. An ox
17. Itai.uuy (ab.)
20, itriiiitry of ill cliurcu
2S. Ihiiurll
24. South Oaltuta (nh.
HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
The way to solve the Cross Word Fnulo is (o fill 111 the while
squares of th diagram with th words which mere with the accoin-
panjriuff ociiuiuoiis. 'lite 41 U toot are ouiuocrva to corrupoDii wild
(lie numbers on tue dUvnuiiWj
Any word defined in trto 'text tinder "HOKtZOKTAL will beffln
nt Its number, shottn on the diagram, and will extend all the way
across to the first black snaceto the right or that number. That is,
the word mast begin In the Mnxtre that contains Its Identifying num
ber, and extend as far as the. ivlule squares contiuue uninterruptedly
Any word defined under VErTTIC A I. will also begin, In the white
space mat cnnmins lis number, but will extend downward as far
I ho white puces remain uninterruptedly.
VERTICAL
I. Arrived (ab.)
J. Joyfully
5. To cleanse
I. I'poii
fi. IjitHy discovered
6. Island f:ib.)
7. One nlio renin a room
V. Mother aiirf ralltcr
10. Wandllpprd
13. 3tl list y
IH. Away
20. After noon (ah.)
I. Kmirro (ab.)
22. I dllor ( lh )
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Wen, mothers and maids
A Romantic Serial of Modern Life
By IDAU McGLONE GIBSON
A COWARDLY IX) VE
Li lie gently led her mother to a
big chair and fairly pushed her
down into It cushioned depths.
Then she dropped down at her
feat and pillowed her bead in her
mother's lap.
For a long while mother and
daughter wens silent. Then Vrs.
Vail said: "Of course, you are
anxious. Lille, to know what I have
found out about my alfair."
Xillemay," said Mr. Vail, "my
affairs are in bad shape. My two
baat producing we)U have been
drowned out by ualt water, all the
derricks on my part of the property
are burned and It will coei me
about 250. OrtO to put back Into
shape the things that were de
stroyed in 21 hours.
"Smith tells me, however, that
the new: well which came in or.
your property will average about
5004 barrels a day. You are rich
enough Lillemay to be sin?le1 out
by the fortune hunters in Holly
wood." "Have you suffered from them,
mother dear, m the past?"
'Yes, I have," Mm. Vail answer
ed Innocently, "until Harold shoo
ed them all off "
Lillemay looked at her mother
qutofcly. Mrs. Vail caught the
glance.
"Oh you aro just like nil the
rest. Lille. You think that Harold
Is tbm greatest fortune hunter of
all ut I contend that I know him
better than any of you ami tint I
know that hs la not.
"Ever since he haj been iny
friend he has shown me tint his
advice has ben purely disinterest
ed and that he has siren it be
cause he cares for me and me
alone.
Doesn't thla house express me?
"Weil, he helped ma to furnish
and decorate it. I could not have
done it to x" my life. It was the
thing I wanted but never would
have known how to Kt.
"Did HaroM X-nntrdy take no
money for this advicv, mother
"No. we did the ho u fee together
Just tit the fun of doing It. and I
learned more of art during that
time than I had ever learneJ."
"The enly thing that Harold has
ever taken money from me for li
the utua! commission on my real
estate deals, an I he has saved me
much mo'-e than ihH on every
ine of them.
"ilo'.li he and I consider that
commUdion legitimate. '
Mrs. Vail hesitated a momei.t,
her face growing u llitlo paler and
more tired look mg than it was
wher fihe cime into her daughter's
rocm.
"Lille I am sorry you don't trust
Harold," she said, "it would hurt
me n.ore than I could tell you to
find ut Harold Kennedy was dif
ferent f.'otu what I belhtve him
to be."
VYou Icve him, mother." ques
tioned Lille.
"fes," the word had a. finality
and an lmpresjiveness that r.iade
explanation umie?oiary.
"And he loves you, mother
dear?"
He siys he ;lo?w. At least he
aald that he loved me a month ago
Since I have lojt so much of my
money I have been a coward.
afraid to put htm to the te.it.
"SiKh is thi inconsistency of
my foolish heart that while I would
be desolate If I fo'Jiil out that my
mcney male any differenc to him
yet lately I have been curl tun to
"Po.- nstance, look about ynu.kmow if it rea!y is 1 or my mnny
that in'cigues him. I never thought
about it while I had lbs money but
now I am afraid."
"Has Harold done anything
since your fortune haa dwindled
to pi ike you think he care lens
for yo.i T"
"Nothing except that on the trip
he haa seemed quite preoccupied.
I sometimes hai the feeling that
lie avoided me. You would prob
ably not have notl'tel It but It
was very patent to me. At times
I almost thou?ht that ne had full
en in lovj with someone else but
of course he has had no oppor
tune v."
The ghos; of a imilo was on
Lille's lips. To her mother sha
was fetfll a chill, not old enough
to love nor inspire love. She
wnnderej fo ran lnjtant If mothers
:ilvays looked on their daughters
r.s nev?r havinj grown up. Just as
daughters looked on their mothers
as being too old to love or in?pirt
love.
"What would you do If you
found out that Harold really did
Icve son, eone else, mother?"
Lille nsried tenecly, for on her
mother's answer depended whelh
er she should prove to her that
Harold Kennedy intended to trans
fer his afioctlonti fom mother to
oauffhter.
Melius Vail grew more pale as
Khe said: "I hop 3 I shall never
find it out. I nave had so liUIa
real - loi'e, ao little tenderness In
my life that I am sure If Harol 1
took his away from me I would
not want to live."
Tomorrow Tho "Fickle" Jivcr
Students Staee Riot.
Vienna, April 22. A number of
Pulgarian students at Gratz, sun
porters of tba Sofia government.
yesterday forced their way into a
hotel room where Bulgarian com-
munfat student were holding a
meeting and a bloody battle en-
Rued. The police found many of
the students Injured severely.
olith groups were unarmed, but
the broken dinner plates, chain
and eveii window frames testified
to tho severity of the fifihtinj;.
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
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Washlnfton, April 11. Tho
landing: detachment of 164 offi
cers and men from (he light crula
or Denrer hat beta withdrawn
from Ol ba, Honduraa. Wlthdra
al woa effected yesterday and waa
made possible by the arrlral of
Honduras gorernmeot troops to
reinforce the unite at the port.
CONTRACT IS LET FOR
UNION HIGH SCHOOL
M.lill. Or., Arntl !I A con
tract for the construction of the
Molalla union hlh school bulhl-
Ina hns bMi awarri.d by the board
of director, to llirkmrtrr and Kr
and of Mllwaukle for Isi.tge. Tlif
hfatlntt nnj pliuublna contmrt va
awnrJrd to Kuahlla-ht. Il.taaors
and lord of I'ortlaiid.
Th bulldlnc to srhrdul'.l to be
completed h- !lritrniber 15. It la
financed by a bond hmie sold re-
rentlr to Terrla and llaldarova at
lanokan and Portland. 1
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